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Primate Ayodele’s fresh prophecy reveals Ribadu’s mission for 2027; exposes Atiku’s new romance with Obasanjo
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has issued a warning regarding a potential conflict between Vice President Kashim Shettima and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. Primate Ayodele indicated that Shettima may be at risk of losing his position as a result of this dispute.
During a press conference in Lagos, the clergyman also asserted that the political aspirations of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have not materialized as anticipated. He cautioned Atiku that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is unlikely to forgive him for his perceived failures.
Furthermore, Primate Ayodele expressed skepticism regarding the influential roles of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and his counterpart from Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, within the current political landscape.
He said: “There will be this Northern agenda that will attempt to tear Tinubu’s government apart, but know that there are a lot of people praying for Tinubu and he has the key and capacity.
“Now, they have not seen where the problem is, the campaign started since last year. Kwankwaso and all these PDP governors can’t do anything, some of them will not work for their party.
“Anybody who comes against Soludo in Anambra State will fail, its just like Ekiti State; you will fail if you attempt to come against its governor.
“Adeleke must wake up because they are plotting against him, but if APC brings out Oyetola that’s his red card.
“If Shettima is not careful, Nuhu Ribadu will take his chance, there will be a fight between them. Shettima is sleeping.
“I don’t see what El-Rufai can do, anybody trying to align with him….I don’t see what he’s going to do, I have not seen a team, not Atiku.
“Atiku has failed, his vision has failed – let him begin to go from places to place- Obasanjo does not love him, why is he going to Obasanjo? That’s why he’s going to fail. Obasanjo will never forgive Atiku till he dies but Atiku does not know.
“He should stop doing that mumu and pick somebody to rule, we have vibrant people who are focused; but a lot of politicians are afraid.
“Why is Saraki afraid? Without coalition, Obi can’t win. Jonathan is afraid, he doesn’t have the stamina.”
In a dramatic turn of events that could reshape Nigeria’s political landscape, the woes confronting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appear to be compounding.
A fresh report claimed that some governors from the PDP and other opposition parties were planning to cross over to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sources claimed that several PDP governors from the southern region were losing confidence in the PDP and were purportedly considering a strategic move to the APC.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Chief Bode George, has disclosed on Arise TV that there are plans to take vital decisions on members involving in anti-party and such decisions would be taking at the NEC meeting.
Bode George who had recently warned the party risks collapse if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar emerges as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.
“To sack any member in the party, there are process, we can sack Wike, not that we can’t sack anybody but there are process we must take and that process shall be decided at the NEC meeting.
“We shall decide on the governors alleging to form coalition with others within the party and everybody shall be sanction.
Atiku, who was the PDP’s flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election, lost to President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
As reported on Sunday, April 20, 2025, by ThisDay, the governors are considering supporting (officially) the alleged second-term push of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is in response to political rumblings in many northern states, which are threatening withdrawal of support for the incumbent President’s re-elections. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State last Friday, at a public event, confirmed support for President Tinubu saying in his state, there’s no more party politics as they are all in a “unity party” of PDP and APC.
However, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, are weighing options of support for Tinubu’s second term whilst not changing or decamping from the opposition PDP.
Adamawa State Governor, H.E Ahmadu Fintiri is making plans to defect to the APC. This is the home state of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku doesn’t have what it takes to unite people that’s why the likes of Reno Omokri and Daniel Bwala have all abandoned him, he doesn’t have the capacity to win a presidential election in Nigeria.
However, a reliable source in Government House Adamawa told African Drum that governor Fintiri was equally on his way to joining the APC. “All things being equal, Governor Fintiri would soon defect from the PDP to the APC”, the source said.
Meanwhile, Atiku has fired back at Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors who rejected coalition or merger with any other political party.
“Indeed, the Coalition Train has left the station and would have multiple stops to bring on board Nigerians of all shades” Atiku wrote on his X handle.
This comment is an indication that the former Presidential candidate and his political party have parted ways in the build-up to the 2027 elections
In a dramatic turn of events that could reshape Nigeria’s political landscape, the woes confronting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appear to be compounding.
A fresh report claimed that some governors from the PDP and other opposition parties were planning to cross over to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sources claimed that several PDP governors from the southern region were losing confidence in the PDP and were purportedly considering a strategic move to the APC.
In a major realignment of political forces ahead of the 2027 general election, at least three to four governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are set to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and support the second term push of President Bola Tinubu.
As reported on Sunday, April 20, 2025, by ThisDay, the governors are considering supporting (officially) the alleged second-term push of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is in response to political rumblings in many northern states, which are threatening withdrawal of support for the incumbent President’s re-elections. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State last Friday, at a public event, confirmed support for President Tinubu saying in his state, there’s no more party politics as they are all in a “unity party” of PDP and APC.
However, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, are weighing options of support for Tinubu’s second term whilst not changing or decamping from the opposition PDP.
With Governor Eno’s open support for Tinubu’s reelection, ThisDay gathered that the entire machinery of the PDP in the state will be deployed for APC’s victory and also to facilitate the return of the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio to the upper chamber as president in 2027.
The planned defection or realignment of more PDP governors, it was learnt, has brightened APC and Tinubu’s chances in the 2027 general election, especially with threats in the North to withdraw support.
Tinubu won 62 per cent of his votes in the 19 northern states in the 2023 presidential election.
According to ThisDay, investigation revealed that the defection talks with many PDP governors have reached advanced stages.
However, certain conditions are said to be attached to the proposed deals to make the deals a win-win for the negotiating parties.
THISDAY gathered that President Tinubu had also met with some APC senators as a prelude to the governors’ defections and informed them of the development.
A competent source privy to the negotiations told THISDAY that Governor Eno agreed to join the APC because he also feared his re-election might be truncated and wanted to secure it ahead of 2027.
It was also gathered that Akpabio is coordinating talks for his defection.
Uno was also said to be determined to use his defection to get the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), off the back of his benefactor and predecessor, Udom Emmanuel, who is currently under the watch of the agency.
To also prepare the minds of his colleague-governors in the PDP, Eno was alleged to have refused to host PDP governors in his state.
To reciprocate Eno’s endorsement of Tinubu, the Senate President, Akpabio, pledged to support the governor for a second term.
Akpabio, represented by the Chairperson of the National Assembly Service Commission, Saviour Enyiekere, gave the endorsement in his Goodwill message at a public lecture organised by the Faculty of Social Science, University of Uyo, on Tuesday.
Akpabio’s representative said: “Sir, for doing that (endorsing Tinubu), I am a member of the All Progressives Congress. I am speaking for the elders and to tell you we are also going to support you for a second term.”
“We will support you in whatever aspiration you have. Yesterday, you broke a record by being the first opposition governor to declare support for a second term bid of President Tinubu,” he added.
Akpabio had in January 2024, at a meeting of the APC leaders in Uyo, the state capital, said it was abnormal for him as Senate president not to have the APC produce the governor of his state in 2027.
Governor Oborevwori, it was learnt, is also weighing options on whether to remain in the PDP and back Tinubu’s reelection or quit the opposition party.
He is said to be waiting for the other party to sign its part of the deal for him to make a commitment.
The suspended governor Fubara is also weighing the options on whether to back Tinubu whilst retaining his membership of the PDP or defect to the APC.
The newspaper also gathered that Fubara’s initial plan to defect to the APC was frustrated by the political crisis that engulfed his state.
His plans to join the APC were believed to have been stalled largely due to President Tinubu’s displeasure with his handling of the political crisis in his state and partly by his estranged benefactor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike’s effective grip on the APC structure in the state.
For the embattled governor, the decision to join the ruling APC was to secure his mandate against the subterranean moves by his political opponents to remove him from office or deny him a second term ticket.
He was said to have rejected the PDP governors’ resolution to challenge the state of emergency declared in his state in court due to his plan to reconcile with his political enemies and possibly defect to the APC.
The 4 governors who could reportedly join APC:
Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom state)
Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers state)
Peter Mbah (Enugu state)
Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta state)
As the political landscape intensifies in the lead-up to the 2027 presidential election, whispers of potential party defections are circulating among prominent politicians.
Key figures are rumored to be considering a shift in allegiance, aiming to mount a formidable challenge against President Bola Tinubu in the upcoming general election scheduled for just two years from now.
The stakes are high as these politicians evaluate their positions and potential alliances, seeking to rally support and mobilize their bases in a bid to counteract the incumbent’s strategies.
The All Progressives Congress in Kano State welcomes Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s speculated impending defection to the party.
The Chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, stated this while addressing a press briefing in Kano on Friday.
“APC, as a political institution, has embarked on the project of receiving decampees from all political parties in its Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Of recent, the attention of the party has been drawn to speculations of the impending decamping of the leader of the expelled faction of the NNPP, Senator Kwankwaso, into the party.
“This is a welcome development, especially given the fact that the APC remains his last political refuge as he has successfully destroyed his relations with all other political groupings in the country.
“Without prejudice to our desire as a party to welcome new entrants and in respect of the constitutional rights of citizens to belong to political parties of their choice.
“We wish to state our position as a state chapter of our great party in Kano state,” Abbas said.
He said the party had already directed its ward chapters to open registers for new defectors irrespective of their political and social statures is in line with the party’s constitution.
“We advise all those desirous of joining our esteemed party to go to their respective wards and register.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has referred to Peter Obi, who is the candidate representing the Labour Party in the presidential election of 2023, as a “social media candidate.
This characterization highlights Obi’s significant reliance on social media platforms for campaigning and engaging with the electorate, reflecting a modern approach to political discourse and outreach in the contemporary electoral landscape.
Wike, who spoke during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, said he believed that Obi did not stand a realistic chance of winning the presidential race.
According to the former Rivers governor, Obi is a “social media candidate.”
“No, he has no chance to win election. I don’t go to where you see people like this kind of social media candidate. I don’t do social media candidate,” Wike said.
Wike added that as a politician, he analyses candidates based on their prospect of victory rather than those the masses believe are popular online.
“I said I see that as a politician, and I analyse the candidate who is likely to win.
“In politics, it’s not always the right that oh, this is the best candidate. No, no, no. You see Nigerians today, in politics, so many factors come in.”
As the political landscape intensifies in the lead-up to the 2027 elections, various factions are strategically maneuvering behind the scenes. They aim to assemble a formidable team capable of displacing the current President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, from office come election day.
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, a notable figure within the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been rumoured as a potential running mate for Atiku Abubakar. …CONTINUE READING.
Amaechi lost political form when he could not succeeded in his attempt to win the ticket to contest for the 2023 presidential election under the banner of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and having earlier followed the moral route to resign from his ministerial post before purchasing the party’s nomination form for the APC presidential primary election.
He was singlehandedly defeated by Bola Tinubu and has been quiet politically.
This Atiku/Amaechi speculation gained momentum as Peter Obi plans to pull out from a proposed coalition with the former Vice President, leaving a vacuum that Amaechi might fill.
To make things worst for Atiku, his party, The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, have distanced itself from a coalition of opposition politicians. The Forum under the leadership of the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, said it won’t join any alliance ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
A source within PDP who spoke on the condition of anonymity indicated that Atiku has the option of joining the Social Democratic Party (SDP), with Rotimi Amaechi potentially serving as his running mate, following the recent rejection he faced within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The prospect of a political alliance between Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi holds no promise, obviously with significant challenges. Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President, may see potential in selecting Amaechi, a former Governor of Rivers State, as his running mate due to his ambition and the most available at the moment, but the possibility of lasting romance is doubtful.
However, this idea has been met with skepticism from Peter Obi, who believes that aligning himself with Atiku could undermine his own political ambitions and would reduce his Obidient Movenment.
Moreover, Obi has expressed concerns about trust, citing previous conflicts and differences with Atiku. This skepticism is echoed among a substantial segment of Obi’s supporters, who harbor doubts about the viability and sincerity of such a partnership, fearing that it may not benefit their aspirations in the long run.
They question whether the former Governor of Rivers State possesses the necessary support and appeal to galvanize the electorate against an incumbent president who enjoys significant backing. As the 2027 elections approach, the dynamics within these political factions will undoubtedly continue to evolve.
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